Jeff Friesen scored his third goal in four games early in the third period to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday night.
Martin Brodeur made 24 saves, including a spectacular tumbling stop on Frantisek Kaberle in the second period, and Grant Marshall scored a goal and set up another by Patrik Elias to help the Devils win for the fourth time (4-1-1) in six games.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 26th goal of the season and Jeff Cowan added another for Atlanta, which lost for the second time in two nights.
Flyers 4, Capitals 1
In Washington, Mark Recchi and John LeClair each had a goal and three assists for Philadelphia.
Michal Handzus and Kim Johnsson also scored to help the Flyers win for the fifth time in their last six games.
Robert Esche made 12 saves for the Flyers, allowing only Mike Grier's breakaway goal in the first period.
Washington played with just five defensemen after losing Sergei Gonchar to a shoulder injury Friday night in a loss in Florida.
Sabres 4, Hurricanes 2
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Jochen Hecht had two goals and Martin Biron made 37 saves for Buffalo.
Derek Roy's third-period goal put the Sabres ahead to stay, and Milan Bartovic had a goal and an assist. Erik Cole and Kevyn Adams scored for the Hurricanes.
Canucks 4, Predators 1
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canucks defenseman Brent Sopel scored twice and added an assist in a win over Nashville.
Henrik Sedin and Todd Bertuzzi also scored, and Markus Naslund had three assists to help the Canucks win at home in regulation for the first time since Nov. 8.
The victory was tempered by the loss of star defenseman Ed Jovanovski to a sprained right shoulder early in the first period.
Dan Cloutier made 15 saves for the Canucks, allowing only Jordin Tootoo's power-play goal midway through the third period.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
Japanese players are moving to English soccer in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the English Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, the captain of Japan, believes his compatriots are “being held in higher esteem” by English clubs compared with the past. “The staff at Liverpool ask me about lots of Japanese players, not necessarily with a view to a transfer, but just saying this or
Taiwan yesterday survived Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their Davis Cup World Group I tie at the Taipei Tennis Center. The tight series started on Saturday with world No. 123 Jason Tseng losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Mirza Basic in the opening singles matchup. However, teammate Tony Wu kept the tie even, dominating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday, 24-year-old Ray Ho and partner 25-year-old Hsu Yu-hsiou kept up the momentum, making short work of Basic and Nerman Fatic, winning 6-3, 6-4. Tseng then suffered another defeat, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Dzumhur in a brutal match that lasted more than two